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| Introducing | Joywave: The First Century | 29 Jun 2026 | 00:00:38 | |
Episode 01 coming soon. Fun fact: The conclusion of 2026 marks the end of Joywaveâs first century. I know this may come as a surprise to a lot of you, but Joywave has never actually subscribed to the Gregorian calendar. During this soon-to-end century, Joywave released 1 EP, 2 mixtapes, and 5 full length studio albums (plus a live record!). Truly an impressive output for getting such a late start (due to the unfortunate timing of our births). Today we are thrilled to announce that weâll be spending the rest of 2026 reminiscing as part of our brand new limited podcast series. Joywave: The First Century. Weâll discuss each of the 5 major footnote albums (How Do You Feel Now?, Content, Possession, Cleanse, and Permanent Pleasure) one episode at a time, answer some of your questions, share a few tour stories, and more. The first installment arrives Monday, July 6th, and the episodes should appear at monthly intervals to take us through the rest of the year. Weâll have some fun album-specific merch drops along the way (Content fans especially, be on high alert). Thanks to all of you who helped make our first century truly our best yet âĽď¸ Follow Joywave on: Spotify | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Discord | Email list | |||
| Joywave: The First Century - Episode 02 | 03 Aug 2026 | 01:34:26 | |
Recorded on location at the First Federal Plaza Building (Rochester, NY). Production Credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton. chapters: 00:00 - Stuck in an elevator 01:08 - Joey is woefully unprepared / Episode 01 takeaways. 03:04 - We are on the roof of a flying saucer building right now. 04:16 - What was in the Kodak smokestacks? 04:45 - Content album release event 05:55 - Complete tour history in the van 07:20 - Question #1 - Can you pretty please repress Content on vinyl? 08:25 - Is it Content or Content? 10:25 - Question #2 - How did we find the barn to record in? 16:10 - Content track-list overview 19:50 - Looking back on Content now. 23:58 - Question #3 - What song aged the best on the album? 24:50 - Why are there no cymbals at all on the song "It's A Trip!" 27:00 - Trying to follow up "Tongues" 28:31 - The writing process on Content 31:40 - Early Content demos 37:42 - Question #4 - Do we ever get to know the lyrics of the first part of "Thanks, Thanks For Coming"? 38:00 - Question #5 - Did we bait and switch with Content? 38:42 - Question #6 - When to lean into the optimistic vs darker impulses on albums? 43:30 - Question #7 - The story behind recording at The Rave (venue) in Milwaukee 47:07 - Question #8 - Any songs that didn't make the cut from this album? 48:50 - The Joywave vault - mixing with Rich Costey 49:35 - Music reviews 55:00 - Question #9 - What part of Content do you still connect to today? 57:38 - Music video shoots - "It's A Trip!" And "Doubt" 01:04:00 - Question #10 - Where was the "Going To A Place" lyric video shoot? 01:06:23 - Question #11 - Using CRTs on the Content touring cycle 01:07:58 - Memories from the Content touring cycle (Red Rocks, on-stage workouts) 01:11:05 - Playing Madison Square Garden 01:12:15 - The story of playing Destruction 7 times in Holmdel, NJ. 01:17:10 - Opening for The Smashing Pumpkins 01:19:40 - Performing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 01:32:20 - Content album cover art Joywave: site: â http://joywavemusic.comâ store: â http://joywavemerch.comâ Instagram: â http://instagram.com/joywaveâ TikTok: â http://tiktok.com/@joywavemusicâ Linktree: â https://linktr.ee/joywaveâ Discord: â https://tr.ee/CCsz5IioFZâ email list: https://joywavemusic.com/list | |||
| Joywave: The First Century - Episode 01 | 06 Jul 2026 | 01:26:04 | |
Recorded on location at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY. chapters:Â 00:00 - start / George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY) 00:34 - welcome to Joywave: The First Century 02:04 - fun facts about the George Eastman House 04:40 - George Eastman, founder of Kodak and Joywave 05:00 - Kodakâs secret nuclear reactor in Rochester, NY. 06:19 - How Do You Feel Now? and the early years. 07:15 - Arena shows with The Killers, Getting fired from Wegmans, Olive Garden and quitting Staples. 12:00 - Dan has trauma from 10,000 Maniacs 13:05 - Joywaveâs first show ever + HDYFN origins. 15:05 - Early songwriting advice. 18:10 - Signing a record deal. 19:20 - Big Data / Dangerous. 21:09 - LP1 recording gear 24:36 - In Clover secret sound FX 27:50 - Q&A: Andy Wallace mixer + more 31:00 - Q&A: Which song on LP1 do you which you did differently? 32:50 - Q&A: LP1 synth sounds / The Destruction sound. 34:00 - Q&A: 2 different versions of âTonguesâ 35:30 - Q&A: LP1 themes lyrically 38:00 - LP1 tracklist review 39:30 - Bad Dreams ft. Little Simz and Mick Jenkins 42:00 - "Tongues" video (directed by DANIELS) 47:00 - "Somebody New" video + Tony Hawk 49:20 - First time hearing JW on the radio. 53:00 - First time in Europe/UK 54:15 - âThe Joywave Opener Bumpâ 59:30 - Affliction 1:02:00 - Destruction 1:02:50 - âThe 1-inch Wallâ 1:04:45 - SWISH 1:06:45 - Top moments in LP1 era 1:11:47 - The original Fortnite official trailer 01:15:02 - Dan wins a BMI award + Taylor Swift 01:18:28 - David Bryne meets Joywave 01:21:14 - The Sundays 01:22:30 - Dan gets pancreatitis 01:24:39 - Thatâs a wrap for Episode 01. Production credits: Joseph Morinelli, Jason Milton George Eastman Museum: http://eastman.org Joywave: site: http://joywavemusic.com store: http://joywavemerch.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/joywave TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@joywavemusic Linktree: https://linktr.ee/joywave Discord: https://tr.ee/CCsz5IioFZ email list: https://joywavemusic.com/list | |||